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Point Pelee National Park

41.9467° N, 82.5139° W

Point Pelee National Park, Ontario. 41.9467° N, 82.5139° W

National park, 15.2 km². Scale bar on the map.

borealbound.ca/parks/on/point-pelee-national-park/, compiled October 9, 2026

  • Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
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  • Canadian Geographical Names Database, Natural Resources Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
  • Census boundaries and population, 2021, Statistics Canada. Adapted from Statistics Canada. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada.
  • Parks Canada accommodation, Parks Canada Agency. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
  • Parks Canada facilities, Parks Canada Agency. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
  • City page weather forecasts and alerts, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains data from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC Data Servers End-use Licence).
  • Air Quality Health Index observations and forecasts, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains data from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC Data Servers End-use Licence).
  • Photographs, Wikimedia Commons contributors. Each photo carries its own licence (CC0, public domain, CC BY or CC BY-SA), credited where shown.

Point Pelee National Park is a 15.2 km² national park beside Marentette Beach, in Ontario. It was established in 1918.

5 named lakes lie in or along the park; the largest is Lake Pond (1.23 km²).

Area
15.2 km²
Established
1918
Named lakes
5

Conditions today

11 °C

Wind NNW 2 km/h, gusts 30

Observed at Leamington, as of 12:00 a.m. EDT

Tonight: Clear. Wind west 30 km/h gusting to 50 becoming light this evening. Low 7.

Weather: Leamington (local forecast), as of 12:03 a.m. EDT

Sun and moon

Civil dawn
7:07 a.m.
Sunrise
7:35 a.m.
Sunset
6:58 p.m.
Civil dusk
7:25 p.m.
Moonrise
6:29 a.m.
Moonset
6:16 p.m.
Moon
Waning crescent, 1% lit

Air Quality Health Index

3 low risk

Windsor, as of 1:00 a.m. EDT

In the park

FeatureArea
1Lake Pond1.23 km²
2West Cranberry Pond0.59 km²
3Sanctuary Pond0.34 km²
4Girardin Pond0.15 km²
5Redhead Pond0.14 km²

Beaches

Official names from the Canadian Geographical Names Database; each name opens its location on OpenStreetMap.

Things to do

Camping

  • Frontcountry camping

Facilities

  • Picnic areas
  • Trailheads
  • Visitor or interpretation centre

Official record

Designation
National park
IUCN category
II, National parkInternational IUCN class, not a legal designation
Managed by
Parks Canada Agency

Photos

Beach at tip of point pelee
Photo: Arif Hussain, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Beach at tip of point Pelee
Photo: Arif Hussain, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Beach tip point pelee
Photo: Arif Hussain, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Names

  • Parc national du Canada de la Pointe-PeléeFrench form